Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
August 1966 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1966
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1966Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 2nd August 1966Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 3rd August 1966Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 4th August 1966What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 5th August 1966What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 6th August 1966Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 7th August 1966Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 8th August 1966Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 9th August 1966In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 10th August 1966Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 11th August 1966Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 12th August 1966A supermarket can import strawberries flown a distance of 8,400 km, or buy strawberries grown 240 km away in the UK. Calculate how many times further the imported strawberries travel than the UK-grown ones.
- 13th August 1966State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 14th August 1966Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 15th August 1966What is a glacial trough?
- 16th August 1966In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 17th August 1966Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 18th August 1966Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 19th August 1966A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 20th August 1966On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 21st August 1966Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 22nd August 1966Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 23rd August 1966Suggest one risk that a community sack garden scheme in an informal settlement might face if it relies only on volunteer labour with no formal organisation.
- 24th August 1966A city fits solar panels to 500 homes, saving an average of 900 kWh per home per year. Calculate the total electricity saved across all 500 homes in one year.
- 25th August 1966State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 26th August 1966Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 27th August 1966A windfarm generates 640 GWh in one year. If this is expected to rise by 15% the following year, calculate the expected generation for that following year, to the nearest GWh.
- 28th August 1966What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 29th August 1966Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 30th August 1966Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 31st August 1966State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.